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Post by Pantherholic on Jan 1, 2006 23:45:56 GMT -6
States Ranked: Smart to Dumb The smartest state is Vermont. The dumbest is Arizona. These are the 2005-2006 findings of the Education State Rankings, a survey by Morgan Quitno Press of hundreds of public school systems in all 50 states. States were graded on 21 factors, including student achievement and attendance, positive outcomes, strong student-teacher relationships and school district efficiency. Other factors are the number of high school graduates, reading, writing and math proficiency, percent of school-age kids in public schools, high school drop out rates, student-teacher ratios and class size. "The Smartest State Award recognizes those states that are committed to students and teachers, emphasize excellence in the classroom and ensure that public elementary and secondary schools are efficiently-run," said Scott Morgan, president of Morgan Quitno Press. "Vermont shines in many key areas of education. A high percentage of its students excel in reading, writing and math. In addition, schools in Vermont have smaller class sizes and lower pupil-teacher ratios than in most other states." They're doing something right in New England. Massachusetts was designated the smartest state by Morgan Quitno Press the previous two years, and New England states dominate four of the five top slots this year. The losers are Arizona, Mississippi, New Mexico, Nevada, California, Louisiana, Alaska, Alabama, Hawaii and Tennessee. How does YOUR state rank? 1. Vermont 2. Connecticut 3. Massachusetts 4. New Jersey 5. Maine 6. Minnesota 7. Virginia 8. Wisconsin9. Montana 10. New York 11. Pennsylvania 12. Nebraska 13. Kansas 14. Iowa 15. New Hampshire 16. Rhode Island 17. Wyoming 18. South Dakota 19. Maryland 20. North Dakota 21. Missouri 22. North Carolina 23. Colorado 24. Texas 25. Delaware 26. Indiana 27. Michigan 28. Idaho 29. South Carolina 30. Washington 31. Ohio 32. Illinois33. Utah 34. West Virginia 35. Kentucky 36. Florida 37. Arkansas 38. Oregon 39. Oklahoma 40. Georgia 41. Tennessee 42. Hawaii 43. Alabama 44. Alaska 45. Louisiana 46. California 47. Nevada 48. New Mexico 49. Mississippi 50. Arizona channels.isp.netscape.com/news/package.jsp?name=fte/smartstates/smartstatesI for one am appalled that Illinois is ranked so low what could possibly have gone wrong? uicflames.proboards28.com/index.cgi?action=viewprofile&user=uicjasonany other possibilities?
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Post by uwmfutbol on Jan 2, 2006 15:16:59 GMT -6
Haha... well I guess for barbarians with no internet, we farmboys are pretty smart after all.
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Post by Big D on Jan 3, 2006 0:14:04 GMT -6
Yawn...
Do me a favor...since you live in such a smart state, try to do some meaningful research and find out which city is smarter...Chicago or Milwaukee. I have a feeling the rest of Wisconsin is making you look good considering Madison is ranked in the top 10 of smartest cities.
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Post by Hack on Jan 3, 2006 0:29:14 GMT -6
Oh Christ... don't even come here and give me that "Yawn" sh*t. Pot calling the kettle black.
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Post by Pantherholic on Jan 3, 2006 2:25:34 GMT -6
Yawn... Do me a favor...since you live in such a smart state, try to do some meaningful research and find out which city is smarter...Chicago or Milwaukee. I have a feeling the rest of Wisconsin is making you look good considering Madison is ranked in the top 10 of smartest cities. spoken like a true loser, making up some sorry-ass excuse. besides, you live in Virginia, what do u care?
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Post by UWMKrazie on Jan 3, 2006 7:34:53 GMT -6
Not to mention that 75% of people who say they're from Chicago are really just from the burbs. If they tell someone where you're really from nobody has an f'n clue. Face it, if it weren't for Chicago, then Illinois would be just another Vermont, Dakota, or Idaho! Wait, that would be a good thing as they are all ranked MUCH higher than Illinois!
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Post by Pantherholic on Jan 3, 2006 11:05:56 GMT -6
not too mention they compare every city to Chicago, even though most cities aren't trying to be like Chicago. and they think Milwaukee is not only farm land but that the closest internet connections are south of Kenosha, you've got yourself some REAL dumbasses.
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Post by milwsport on Jan 3, 2006 13:47:28 GMT -6
I don't find these figures all that surprising. All but 2 of the top 10 were blue states in the last election. All but 2 of the bottom 10 were red.
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Post by Big D on Jan 3, 2006 13:48:17 GMT -6
Yawn... Do me a favor...since you live in such a smart state, try to do some meaningful research and find out which city is smarter...Chicago or Milwaukee. I have a feeling the rest of Wisconsin is making you look good considering Madison is ranked in the top 10 of smartest cities. spoken like a true loser, making up some sorry-ass excuse. besides, you live in Virginia, what do u care? Why is that a lame excuse? Are you saying that every city in Illinois is of equal intelligence? C'mon. Yeah, I moved to VA in 2002 (notice how high VA is in the rankings now ...I lived in Chicago (or the burbs) all my life until then. As for that burbs comment, in Illinois, the close, surrounding burbs are referred to as the Chicagoland area. When you're out of Chicagoland, you'll know. I'm from Chicago Heights, which is a little south. You may not know where that is, but how many people live in a town out of state that you can recognize? Practically anyone who lives in a suburb or smaller city is not going to have their city recognized by anyone out of state, no matter where you're from.
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Post by Ron Diaz on Jan 3, 2006 18:41:30 GMT -6
Unless you live in Tosa, right Lou?
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Post by aknowsense on Jan 3, 2006 19:31:24 GMT -6
Yawn... Do me a favor...since you live in such a smart state, try to do some meaningful research and find out which city is smarter...Chicago or Milwaukee. I have a feeling the rest of Wisconsin is making you look good considering Madison is ranked in the top 10 of smartest cities. Overall Rankings This ranking represents the total score tallied by each city across five different literacy categories:Educational attainment; booksellers; newspaper circulation; library resources; and periodicals published. All categories were compared against the city's total population. See "Rank by Category" for more detailed results. Rank Population 1. Minneapolis, MN 382,618 2. Seattle, WA 563,374 3. Pittsburgh, PA 334,563 4. Madison, WI 208,054 5. Cincinnati, OH 331,285 6. Washington, DC 572,059 7. Denver, CO 554,636 8. Boston, MA 589,141 9. Portland, OR 529,121 10. San Francisco, CA 776,733 11. Columbus, OH 711,470 12. Kansas City, MO 441,545 13. St. Louis, MO 348,189 14. Cleveland, OH 478,403 15. Atlanta, GA 416,474 16. St. Paul, MN 287,151 17. Louisville, KY 256,231 18. Birmingham, AL 242,820 19. Scottsdale, AZ 202,705 20. Colorado Springs, CO 360,890 21. Tulsa, OK 393,049 22. Austin, TX 656,562 23. Rochester, NY 219,773 24. Norfolk, VA 234,403 25. Baltimore, MD 651,154 26. Akron, OH 217,074 27. Indianapolis, IN 791,926 28. Charlotte, NC 540,828 29. Nashville-Davidson, TN 569,891 30. Baton Rouge, LA 227,818 31. Tucson, AZ 486,699 32. Omaha, NE 390,007 33. Sacramento, CA 407,018 34. Honolulu CDP, HI 371,657 34. Milwaukee, WI 596,974 36. Tampa, FL 303,447 37. Miami, FL 362,470 38. Montgomery, AL 201,568 39. Oklahoma City, OK 506,132 40. Toledo, OH 313,619 41. Albuquerque, NM 448,606 42. Lincoln, NE 225,581 43. New Orleans, LA 484,674 44. San Diego, CA 1,223,400 45. Fort Wayne, IN 205,727 46. Philadelphia, PA 1,517,550 47. Las Vegas, NV 478,434 48. Virginia Beach, VA 425,257 49. New York City, NY 8,008,278 50. Shreveport, LA 200,145 51. Buffalo, NY 292,648 52. Newark, NJE 273,546 53. Greensboro, NC 223,891 54. Dallas, TX 1,188,580 55. Wichita, KS 344,284 56. Fort Worth, TX 534,694 57. Oakland, CA 399,848 58. Chicago, IL 2,896,016 59. Plano, TX 222,030 60 Phoenix, AZ 1,321,045 61. Glendale, AZ 218,812 62. San Jose, CA 225,581 63. Houston, TX 1,953,631 64. Jacksonville, FL 735,617 65. Mesa, AZ 396,375 66. Fremont, CA 203,413 67. Memphis, TN 650,100 68. Los Angeles, CA 3,694,820 69. Detroit, MI 951,270 70. Garland, TX 215,768 71. Fresno, CA 427,652 72. Arlington, TX 332,969 73. Long Beach, CA 461,522 74. Anaheim, CA 328,014 75. San Antonio, TX 1,144,646 76. Santa Ana, CA 337,977 77. Corpus Christi, TX 277,454 78. Hialeah, FL 226,419 79. El Paso, TX 563,662 www.uww.edu/advancement/npa/special_reports/cities/allrank.htmlWell that about settles that argument.
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Post by Big D on Jan 3, 2006 20:19:32 GMT -6
well that was a much better attempt, but here's another list (partial)... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- While it's sometimes hard to puzzle through why we live here at all, Men's Health Magazine has determined that Minneapolis and St. Paul are among the smartest cities in the United States. In its current publication, the magazine listed Minneapolis No. 1 in "intelligence" and St. Paul No. 4 in its ranking of 101 cities. Criteria included the number of bachelor's degrees per capita, the number of universities, inhabitants' SAT scores, the number of Nobel Prize winners for physics and medicine born within the cities' borders, and state creativity scores as assessed by a group led by the man who wrote "The Rise of the Creative Class." A guy named Florida. Richard Florida. The rankings caught some by surprise. "Really?" said Jim Blackmore, national marketing director for MENSA, the international brainiacs' club. "Where does Boston fall in that ranking?" Answer: second. Denver was third. Seattle (5) and San Francisco (6) were the only other cities to receive A+ grades. Some other rankings from the Men's Health magazine list: 7. Madison, Wis. 11. Chicago 18. Des Moines 39. Milwaukee 101. Fort Wayne, Ind. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Which list is based on better criteria? edit: here's the link
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Post by Pantherholic on Jan 3, 2006 20:21:07 GMT -6
When it comes to education, Alexandria, VA, bests the rest. In measuring this category we took into consideration high school graduation rate, spending per pupil, student/teacher ratio and education attainment. Here is the overall ranking of all 200 cities. 1. Alexandria, VA 2. Yonkers, NY 3. Madison, WI 4. Stamford, CT 5. Ann Arbor, MI 6. Washington, DC 7. Boston, MA 8. Burlington, VT 9. Overland Park, KS 10. Durham, NC ... 50. Wilmington, DE 51. Milwaukee, WI52. Columbus, OH 53. Virginia Beach, VA 54. Irvine, CA 55. Kansas City, MO 56. Omaha, NE 57. Springfield, MA 58. Nashville-Davidson, TN 59. Portland, OR 60. Fargo, ND ... 100. Chicago, IL 101. Boise, ID 102. Mesquite, TX 103. Akron, OH 104. Birmingham, AL 105. South Bend, IN 106. Sterling Heights, MI 107. Columbus, GA 108. Torrance, CA 109. Lakewood, CO 110. Corpus Christi, TX www.lhj.com/lhj/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/lhj/story/data/best2002_rank_02142002.xml&categoryid=/templatedata/lhj/category/data/lhj_home.xml&page=4(click on the Education link under "Pages in this Story")
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Post by Pantherholic on Jan 3, 2006 20:28:02 GMT -6
This is my favorite.... In looking at the 200 largest cities in America, we measured: low crime, health, education, economy, jobs, lifestyle and child care. Below, see the full list of 200 cities, broken down into two categories: a list of 57 big cities (population over 300,000 people) and a list of 143 smaller cities (population under 300,000 people). Then, see how the cities placed across each category, and see how each category is defined. 1. Virginia Beach, VA 2. Boston, MA 3. Honolulu, HI 4. Austin, TX 5. Arlington, TX 6. Anaheim, CA 7. Minneapolis, MN 8. Colorado Springs, CO 9. San Diego, CA 10. Omaha, NE 11. Pittsburgh, PA 12. Toledo, OH 13. Washington, DC 14. Tucson, AZ 15. Columbus, OH 16. Long Beach, CA 17. Santa Ana, CA 18. Mesa, AZ 19. San Jose, CA 20. Charlotte, NC 21. Portland, OR 22. Fort Worth, TX 23. New York, NY 24. San Francisco, CA 25. Seattle, WA 26. Sacramento, CA 27. Los Angeles, CA 28. Kansas City, MO 29. Fresno, CA 30. Denver, CO 31. Tulsa, OK 32. Tampa, FL 33. Milwaukee, WI 34. Atlanta, GA 35. Jacksonville, FL 36. Chicago, IL 37. Cincinnati, OH 38. San Antonio, TX 39. Wichita, KS 40. Las Vegas, NV 41. Phoenix, AZ 42. Oklahoma City, OK 43. Indianapolis, IN 44. Dallas, TX 45. El Paso, TX 46. Nashville-Davidson, TN 47. Albuquerque, NM 48. Houston, TX 49. Philadelphia, PA 50. Oakland, CA 51. Baltimore, MD 52. St. Louis, MO 53. Miami, FL 54. Cleveland, OH 55. Memphis, TN 56. Detroit, MI 57. New Orleans, LA www.lhj.com/lhj/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/lhj/story/data/best2002_rank_02142002.xml&categoryid=/templatedata/lhj/category/data/lhj_home.xml&page=1
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Post by aknowsense on Jan 3, 2006 20:48:28 GMT -6
well that was a much better attempt, but here's another list (partial)... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- While it's sometimes hard to puzzle through why we live here at all, Men's Health Magazine has determined that Minneapolis and St. Paul are among the smartest cities in the United States. In its current publication, the magazine listed Minneapolis No. 1 in "intelligence" and St. Paul No. 4 in its ranking of 101 cities. Criteria included the number of bachelor's degrees per capita, the number of universities, inhabitants' SAT scores, the number of Nobel Prize winners for physics and medicine born within the cities' borders, and state creativity scores as assessed by a group led by the man who wrote "The Rise of the Creative Class." A guy named Florida. Richard Florida. The rankings caught some by surprise. "Really?" said Jim Blackmore, national marketing director for MENSA, the international brainiacs' club. "Where does Boston fall in that ranking?" Answer: second. Denver was third. Seattle (5) and San Francisco (6) were the only other cities to receive A+ grades. Some other rankings from the Men's Health magazine list: 7. Madison, Wis. 11. Chicago 18. Des Moines 39. Milwaukee 101. Fort Wayne, Ind. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Which list is based on better criteria? edit: here's the linkWell let’s analyze this argument: My source: An actual poll done by a university study published in a scholarly journal vs. Your source: Men's Health magazine poll conducted by using # of university's? (Bigger city more schools, doesn't equate to better education just more choices) # of SAT scores per capita, (Not all schools use SAT scores for entry and per capita means per head, or per person. More people more scores heavily skewed reasearch) and state creativity scores based on research by an author who used Milwaukee-Racine-Kenosha as one city and who bases his scores using this scientific hypothesis: What makes cities thrive? What brings good jobs to town? Not tax breaks or cheap electricity. It's more artists, migrants and gays, according to Richard Florida, professor of regional economic development at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. I'm glad your UIC professors allowed you to do such thorough research. Next time why don’t you post the latest “facts” from the Enquirer!!
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